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Author:

Lowenfish, Lee, 1942-

Title:

The imperfect diamond : a history of baseball's labor wars / Lee Lowenfish ; foreword by Robert W. Creamer ; with a new introduction and epilogue by the author.

Edition:

Bison Books ed.

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xviii, 327 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Baseball players--Salaries, etc.--United States.
Baseball--History.--United States--History.
Industrial relations--United States--History.
Collective bargaining--History.--United States--History.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Stein and Day, 1980. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The rebellion of the Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players in 1889 -- The rise and fall of the Players League of 1890 -- Ban Johnson and the rise of the American League and the failure of the Players Protective Association -- David Fultz and the creation of the professional Baseball Players Fraternity of 1912 -- The rise and fall of the Federal League and the Players Fraternity -- The shield of Holmes and the first years of Commissioner Landis -- A czar tries to achieve democracy -- A tale of three veterans -- A prophetic failure: Robert Murphy and the American Baseball Guild of 1946 -- Gardella vs. Chandler: the case that almost toppled a monopoly -- The Celler sub-committee hearings of 1951 -- The birth of the Major League Baseball Players Association -- The arrival of Marvin Miller -- Curt Flood and the end to the perpetual reserve clause -- The showdown of 1981: the unprecedented 51-day strike -- Old wine in new bottles: from strike to collusion to lockout -- Epilogue: the cataclysmic strike of 1994 and the recovery.

ISBN:

0803233604 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780803233607 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2009049566

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)